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 Friday 10th October - Cross Country at Gresham Prep School

On the 10th of October at 7am, eight excited, but tired children set off for Gresham's Prep School in Norfolk.  They were off to a cross-country race but before we reached the A12 one of the team members started to feel unwell. We stopped, rearranged the seating and set off again.  This was going to be a long journey, the children had been specially selected from a large cross-country squad, and we had to arrive on time, ready to run the long gruelling course.

We arrived at 10am, perfect, the children were very bubbly and raring to go, we made our way to the briefing area, and once the children had been given their race numbers we were led to the marshalling area - ‘No. 11'. The eight runners settled down then they were split into their age groups to walk the course with the other 486 competitors.  Mrs. Brown walked with the 3 and 4's and I walked with 5 and 6's. We went past the astro pitches towards the hedges, turning right by the rugby pitches and into the woods. Then out into the field, back into the woods, towards the football pitch and up towards the finish; a long, difficult course.

The years 3and 4 were off, 118 runners, I saw Arthur lead the field into the woods. I waited and waited, he came out third but looking strong.  Not far behind was the rest of his team Alex C, Thomas, and Oliver.  What a super race; the boys were tired but extremely proud of their results. Arthur 3^rd.  Alex C 11^th , Thomas 12^th and Oliver 13^th. 100 boys started this race

The next race was the boys 5 and 6 race, this course was about 400 metres longer. Alex G and Ben made their way to the start line along with another 124 boys.  Both boys ran a super race finishing 14^th and 17^th respectively.

Francesca and Alexandra were in the last race; all the boys were waiting at the start line to cheer them on.  The girls ran a fantastic race against 118 other girls; they finished in 12^th and 33^rd place

After an excellent prizing giving, with lots of cheering, the ten of us plus Arthur's medal made our way back to Danbury.

It was a pleasure to watch these children represent their school, they all gave 110% in their respective races, and they were super ambassadors for Heathcote School.
Mrs D. Rae

 Wednesday October 8th Swimming Gala at Crown Pool, Ipswich

Well done to all the members of the Swimming Team who took part in this event with great team spirit and very good personal performances. Congratulations to Nathan C. who is through to the Nationals representing East Anglia at Coventry.

Football and Netball Fixture v New Hall School Thursday 2nd October

A tough fixture for the beginning of the season but both boys and girls were in good spirit leading up to this fixture. The Yr V and V1 football team went two goals down early on in the game and we lost our shape for a short period. We went on to defend well for the rest of the half against a strong wind and also playing up the slope of the pitch. Before the half time whistle we had conceeded a third goal and our heads were dropping.The half time talk gave us a chance to make some changes and to improve our self confidence . The second half was more evenly balanced with chances at both ends. New Hall hit us with two more well taken goals before Ben Barlow's great challenge to win the ball in the centre of the field which allowed him to find Will Kirby who scored a fine goal from the edge of the penalty box. Final Score New Hall 5 Heathcote 1. Well played to all ten boys who took part in the game, we will take forward many positives derived from this game into the rest of our season.

The girls netball team tried extremely hard. This was our first fixture and the first time many of the girls especially our younger ones had ever played in a proper match scenario. They gave it their best and the determination showed in their faces. Francesca Coughlan held a strong centre position aiding both the defence and the attack, Alexandra Rae worked extremely hard and all the girls pulled together. The New Hall team consisted of all year 6 girls who were extremely tall, whereas we had a mixture of year groups. The score was 6-0 to New Hall. I think our girls will take away a few tips from this match to assist them in the future. Any girls (or boys) interested in coming along to the netball club - it is held from 3.30pm until 4.15pm on a Tuesday evening.

Cross Country at Melbourne Park